Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
I have spent the past 20 years as General Manager of the Living Bread Radio Network, an EWTN affiliate. It has been a great joy to help others come to know the truths of the Catholic Faith. Through the years we have heard countless stories of listeners who have come back to the practice of[…]
Meditating on the close relationships between Mary and the Church, for the glory of the Virgin Mary and for our own consolation, we proclaim the Most Blessed Mary Mother of the Church, that is to say of all the people of God, of the faithful as well as of the pastors, who call her the[…]
The Monday following Pentecost is now the memorial of ‘The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church’, as decreed by the Holy Father, via Robert Cardinal Sarah, directed by the Holy Father, three years ago, on the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. This year, the day providentially falls on May 24th, Our Lady Help[…]
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. A blessed Pentecost to one and all! +
‘When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth’ (Jn. 16:13). ⧾ With the glorious Feast of Pentecost the seven weeks of Easter come to an end and Christ Our Lord’s Passover is fulfilled in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, manifested, given and communicated as a divine person: of[…]
Just before the celebration of Pentecost, I had the grace of praying the Rosary to the Holy Spirit with both patients and staff members at the Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre. The more the Lord gave me this grace of praying this powerful Rosary the more I came to realize its life-changing power. After praying[…]
In good part because the rhetorical trick is quickly becoming hackneyed, I will not herein aver the existence of a “real pandemic” behind the apparent one, as if the crisis wrought by COVID-19 and the political reactions to it could be reduced to one single problem that is ostensibly unrelated yet surprisingly linked to a[…]
How should you conduct yourself if you want to follow in the footsteps of Jesus? You must strive to be saints…walk their same paths, renounce yourself completely, strive only for God’s glory, the good of the Church, and the salvation of souls (Saint Eugene de Mazenod)
A. The slogan of the Protestant Reformation was “sola Scriptura,” that is, a conviction that the Bible and the Bible alone contains God’s revelation to his people. The invention of printing made it possible to distribute copies of the Bible widely, assuring easy access to the sacred text in the vernacular. The assumption was that[…]
On this day in 1609, Shakespeare’s sonnets were first published, all 154 of them, by a certain Thomas Young, perhaps illegaly; but, they were more chill with copyright back then. A fitting one on this fine day – at least where I write – is the 18th, ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?’,[…]
